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Where the Axe is Buried

Ray Nayler

4 Reviews

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Thriller / suspense, Science fiction, Artificial intelligence

Nebula Award, Ray Bradbury Prize and Arthur C. Clarke Award finalist and Locus Award winner Ray Nayler returns with a gripping technological thriller.

All systems fail. All societies crumble. All worlds end.

Nebula Award, Ray Bradbury Prize and Arthur C. Clarke Award finalist and Hugo and Locus Award winner Ray Nayler returns with a gripping technological thriller.

'A fast-paced dystopian thriller' - SFX Magazine

'First-rate science fiction' - Cory Doctorow

'As much a novel of ideas as it is a techno-thriller . . . A more erudite and emotionally engaging Philip K Dick' - Irish Times

In a familiar yet different Europe governed by AI, life is more efficient, objective, and peaceful. Yet all is not as it seems. Meanwhile, at Europe's eastern edge, the Federation endures under the rule of a President who has preserved his power by transferring his consciousness from body to body.

As both worlds begin to crumble, Lilia, a Federation scientist, discovers a way to slip the nets of surveillance and alter the balance of power. On the run, she becomes the reluctant centre of a struggle between resistance and control. Yet the systems and people surrounding her may already be beyond redemption. Is there any way to put humanity's future back in its own hands?

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Praise for Where the Axe is Buried

  • An intense, claustrophobic novel . . . a work of first-rate science fiction - Cory Doctorow

  • A bold, epic SF story and an inspiring tale about taking down all forms of authoritarianism - Booklist (starred review)

  • Roll over, George Orwell . . . A richly detailed evocation of a grim future that is, sadly, absolutely believable - Kirkus (starred review)

  • This thought-provoking, fast-moving thriller is also a heartfelt call for resistance to oppressive regimes - The Guardian

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